The Jewish Wisdom Database

In the midst of a discourse, speak not.

Be ever decorous when you enter and when you leave.

Bring all men into friendship with you.

Be on your guard against your friends.

A good friend is a tower of strength; to find one is to find a treasure.

A new friend is as new wine.

There is a friend who is one only in name.

Friendship is man's greatest gift.

A friend will prove himself in time of trouble.

A friend in the market is better than gold in the chest.

Friendship is like a treasury: you cannot take from it more than you put into it.

The intention is the foundation of the deed.

The greatest misers with money are the biggest spendthrifts with desires.

Without experience there can be little wisdom.

Question a friend: perhaps he did not say what you think, or if he did, so that he will not say it again.

If you will remember the end of all things, you will cease hating.

Any wound is better than a wound in the heart.

Wisdom begets humility.

The light of a candle is useful when it precedes you; it is useless when it trails behind.

Do not dishonor the old: we shall all be numbered among them.

He who does not support needy parents bears evil testimony against himself.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

A proverb without wisdom is like a body without a foot.

What you think of others tells us what they think of you.